Celebrate the Ancient Festival of Vestalia, June 7th – 15th
The 8 day ancient Roman festival celebrating Vesta (or, in the Greek tradition, Hestia) starts TODAY! For Romans, the Vestalia marked a pause in the year where everyone honoured Vesta and tended her shrine. Vesta was a central deity in Roman life: rather than the big showy active gods like Jupiter, Mars and Venus, Vesta […]